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Photograph - Millicer Air Tourer VH-FMM Prototype, Victoria, 1959
Reg. No: MM 112482
- Summary:
- Air Tourer prototype (Mk 1) made in Australia by Ultra Light Aircraft Association of Australia, 1959. This monoplane was designed by a team led by Henry K. Millicer. Two seat single engine cantilever low wing monoplane of wooden construction. Continental A-65 engine is fitted. Paint work is yellow and white with black lining. Ten piece Perspex canopy fitted. Civil registration marking on tail "VH- FMM". The design was later put into production by the Victa Aviation Division at Bankstown, NSW as the Victa Airtourer.
The Museum received the wooden prototype VH-FMM as a donation in 1977.
Part of a collection of photographs, negatives and slides used for research by curators at Museum Victoria. - Description:
- Black and white silver gelatin photograph.
- Description Of Content:
- Front side view of the Millicer Air Tourer prototype aeroplane VH-FMM under preparation for test flight at Moorabbin Airport. Shows the cowling for the Continental A-65 engine.
- Acknowledgement:
- Source: Museum Victoria
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 128 mm (Height), 165 mm (Width) |
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| Tagged with: | museum history, aeroplanes, mechanical engineering, aircraft, air transport, museums, aeronautics, aviation pioneers, test flights |
| Themes this item is part of: | Millicer Air Tourer Prototype VH-FMM, Engineering Collection, Images & Image Making Collection, Transport Collection |
| Primary Classification: | AIR TRANSPORT |
| Secondary Classification: | Aircraft |
| Tertiary Classification: | propeller aircraft - experimental |
| Inscriptions: | Printed in black text on front of photograph: 'Science Museum of Victoria' Hand written in black ink on back of photograph: '8503 C.' |
| Model Name/Number: | Air Tourer; A-65 |
| Format: | Photograph: Black & White |
| Manufacturer: | Ultra Light Aircraft Association of Australia, Newport, Victoria, Australia, circa 1959 |
| Designer: | Mr Henry Millicer, Victoria, Australia, 1952 |
| Other Association (See Comments): | Victa Consolidated Industries Pty Ltd, Milperra, New South Wales, Australia Subsequent manufacturer, 1961-1969. |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia, 1959 |
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